St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-19
CHICAGO'S NEW MAYOR.
After Eight Years of Service Garter Har.
rison Retires From Official
Life,
And is Succeeded by Mr.. Roche, Who is
Sworn in and Begins His
Work.
Inc Ex-Mayor Has a Parting Word to
Say About His Long lncum-
bency.
ana IS Glad Some One Else VIII be
'Roasted'' by the Papers in
Future.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
CHICAGO, April 1S.-The last davs of
Carter Harrison have dwindled down to
hohe' and Chicago will never know him
iiote as its mayor. He was seated in his
ONCE at an earlier hour than usual this
morning when reporter entered. clond
was on his honor's brow and melancholy
glimmer had replaced the old-time fire Of
MS eye. His last hours of Office seemed tn
drag heavily and he glanced nervously at
Tie iace OF the clock to note how the time
sped ana the moment approached when his
successor Was announced to take the oath
of Office. A
Il don't know, I'm sure,'' said Mr.. Harri.
oon' mueu ASKED whether Mr. Roche really
.nleHueo 10 De sworn In at noon to-day .sWhv
40 you come to askCarter Harrison whst Iobn
"a. 1oche intends to do? know nothing of him
ana don care. am absolutely free-free
as ar. Ii Mr.. Roche is very anxious " con.
.lnueu the outgoing mayor, 81 suppose there
IS nothlng to prevent him from coming bera
and having himself sworn in. These faliouvo
.tnese newspaper men-are.I presume. aux-
lous 10 get him in here in order thar 1hev
may have ' 'ASJ
NEW VICTIM
70 practice upon. somebody new to DIVA 20
Ihey have grown tired, I suppose. rnal,inc
= upon earth for me, and if John a. Roche
Is ANXIOUS to get a taste of it i,nmediatalv
l III III sure VIII do nothing to balk his am.
pltlon. l could, if l wished, though. YES
SIT, OeileVe the law entities me to retain
oLnce Tor TWO years from the day T take
once. NOW. 1t was not until April 20 that 7
nrst TOOK office eight years ago. and oouId
mold on here until April 20, 1887. i'll walked
out OF offlce or Mr.. Roche walked into it to-
day, believe [ could sue the city for nv
salary as mayor from this until the date T
nave mentioned. The fact of his taking The
oatn to-day, II ne does take it, will not make
a. nitn mayor mayor. He must complete his bond of
Sio,ooV, and have it filed and approved by the
city council before he is de facto mavor
suppose the council will
APPROVE HIS BOMB
have no wish otherwise and T am sure
don't want to keep him a day ont of here.
Some have said Mr.. Roach has not been AZ
courteous as he might have been in neglect
Ing 10 cali on me here. He comes in here am
apsolutely green man, and I, hope, won't bf
sorry that he didn't avail himself of the ON.
Portunlty gave him. am not going to stou
mere TO instruct when / am out myself.
Ihaf ne can make up his mind to- I Sup-
pose ne didn't want to take instruction from.
a democratic mayor.
In the council chamber tonight standing
room was at premium. Many hundred
persons We're turned away, and seventy-fiye
police officers were Oh hand to preserve Or
der and seat the great crowd, Mayor Har-
rison presided and delivered a character
lstIc speech. Mayor Roach responded. the
council confirmed him, and now the changes
ne Is TO make are awaited by hungry
crowd of office seekers.